how to evangelize and implement an open government initiative
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From the perspective of Internet professionals and Webmasters, learn more about open government initiatives and how to implement change in your organization.TRANSCRIPT
How to Evangelize and Implement an Open
Government Initiative
Leslie Labrecque, City of Boulder, COSean Hudson, City of Arvada, CO
Agenda
• What is Open Government?
• Why me?
• How do I Get Buy-In?
• Where Do I Get Started?
• Showcase OpenColorado
• Next Steps
• Questions?
Get Buy-In
Go to anyone within your organization that will listen. The usual suspects might include:
• Public Information Office (PIO)
• Information Technology (IT)
• Mapping Professionals (GIS)
• Finance
Get Buy-In
You don’t have to get everyone to buy-in to your initiative, just the folks that could kill it.
Get Buy-In
Do your research. Metrics and case studies are readily available. Start here:
• Sunlight Foundation (http://sunlightfoundation.com/)• OpenPlans (http://openplans.org/)• OpenColorado (http://opencolorado.org)• Code for America (http://codeforamerica.org/)• CityCamp (http://citycamp.govfresh.com/)• GovFresh (http://govfresh.com/)• GovLoop (http://govloop.com/)
Get Buy-In
http://opengovernmentinitiative.org/
How to Get Started
Step #1: Start with the low-hanging fruit.
Most of you already have data on your website. Put it in one place and promote it.
How to Get Started
Step #2: Develop policies and guidelines for liberating future data sets and improving overall transparency.
Keep the policies simple as they will allow you to evolve quickly as your initiatives
evolve – think agile.
How to Get Started
Step #3: Identify high-value data sets, and plan how to make them accessible.
Poll your citizens, search what other have found as high-value, poll other employees
who may get FOIA requests.
How to Get Started
Step #4: Make friends with your organization’s legal team.
Keep them informed and help with research. They know law, but you’re the Internet
professionals.
How to Get Started
Step #5: Start a data catalog (or contribute to an existing data catalog
and/or repository). Promote your efforts.
• Roll your own• CKAN (http://ckan.org)
• Socrata (http://socrata.com/)• Many others…
OpenColorado
http://opencolorado.org
OpenColorado
OpenColorado
City of Arvada
http://arvada.org/opendata
Next Steps
• Educate yourself• Follow the movers and shakers• Discover existing open government
initiatives• Attend a CityCamp and get on CityCamp list
CityCamp ColoradoOctober 28, 2011
http://opencolorado.org/citycamp-colorado
Questions?
Leslie [email protected]
@leslielabrecque
Sean [email protected]
[email protected]@seanhudson
Resources
Download Presentation:
http://goo.gl/5ZtPY
Links to sites referenced in this presentation:
http://goo.gl/HPaax
Additional Links:
http://goo.gl/QDGST